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Finnish Socialist Club Picnic, Astoria, 1922
This photograph shows members of the Finnish Socialist Club picnicking in Astoria in 1922. The Finnish Socialist Club was one of Astoria’s most prominent ethnic …
Fire Area, Portland, 1873
This map shows the twenty-two block area damaged in the Fire of 1873. The fire damage is marked in dark on a map made three …
First Dwelling House in Salem, 1841
This engraving, published in a state history in 1912, depicts the house built by the Rev. Jason Lee at the present site of Salem in …
First National Bank, Klamath Falls
This photograph shows the new headquarters of the First National Bank of Klamath Falls in November 1930. At the beginning of the nationwide Depression, the …
First Street, Portland
On First Street, the Hop Wo laundry was next to the Monnastes and Davis blacksmith shop. Many other towns had the same two kinds of businesses. People …
Fish-Catching Cage, Trask River
This fish collecting cage and rack, was built across the Trask River in Tillamook County, Oregon in 1914, as part of a state fish hatchery …
Fishing Nets
This photo shows Celilo Village residents Jimmy George, left, and Charley Quittoken, right, holding up fishing nets once used to catch salmon at Celilo Falls. …
Flock of Birds, Malheur Lake, 1908
This photograph was taken by William Finley in 1908. It shows a flock of birds, mostly American white pelicans with some gulls, flying over Malheur …
Floor Plan of Red Men Hall, Portland
This pamphlet, “Floor Plan Elevation and Description of Building for Willamette Tribe No. 6 Improved Order of Red Men,” was created in 1919 to …
Fort Astoria, 1813
This lithograph is a reproduction of a drawing by Gabriel Franchère, published in his Journal of a Voyage on the North West Coast of America …Interpretive Essays
Interpretive essays use primary documents from the Oregon Historical Society archives to help readers imagine the events, people, and issues that shaped Oregon history.
